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Mobile game · 2017

Turmoil

Turmoil is a simulation game set during the 19th century oil rush in North America. Get a taste of the rush and rivalry of the time as you earn your way to become a successful oil entrepreneur. As you make money digging up and selling oil, the town will grow along with you. Acquire more town shares than your competitors in a bid to become the new mayor.

Estimated daily players

~2,5000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 9506.4K

Estimated total players

~560,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 65K1.2M

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Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out

Feb 22, 2017AndroidiOSPEGI EGRAC AllUSK 0ACB MESRB 16CLASS IND 10

What the estimate rests on

  • Google Play 40%
  • Steam 27%
  • App Store 21%
  • YouTube 7.3%
  • Twitch 5.2%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Turmoil, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store, Steam, YouTube, Twitch. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.

Estimated daily players

~2,500

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 9506.4K

Built from the live counts: Steam concurrents, Discord and Reddit members online, Twitch viewers.

Estimated total players

~560,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 65K1.2M

Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.

Estimated total players over time

2 readings · last 2 days

Estimated daily players over time

from live counts

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for Turmoil per calendar month, newest first
MonthEstimated total playersChange
August 2026~970,000

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Turmoil where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

41,749

Average rating
4.4
Installs
1M+

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Ratings left on the Android listing. It is the broadest signal in the catalogue — about half of all games here have a Play page.

App Store ratings

20,116

0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026
Average rating
4.5

Ratings left on the iOS listing, read from Apple’s public lookup endpoint.

Steam players in game

356

+80.7% vs Aug 8, 2026
Reviews
16,089

Only the games with a PC port appear here, but where Steam does report it is a real concurrent-player count rather than a proxy for one.

Community signals

How many people gather around Turmoil outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

YouTube subscribers

1,620

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Subscribers to the game’s official channel. The API quota is shared, so this refreshes daily for the highest-scoring games rather than for all of them.

Twitch viewers

24

Live channels
1

First reading taken Aug 8, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

People watching this game on Twitch right now, summed across every live channel in its category.

Not tracked for Turmoil: Discord, Reddit. A platform appears here once the game has a link to it — most mobile games have no Steam port or subreddit, so a gap is normal rather than a sign the game is small.

Storyline

Turmoil is a simulation game set during the 19th century oil rush in North America. Get a taste of the rush and rivalry of the time as you earn your way to become a successful oil entrepreneur. As you make money digging up and selling oil, the town will grow along with you. Acquire more town shares than your competitors in a bid to become the new mayor. History Turmoil was developed by Gamious and will be released on June 2nd after a year in Steam Early Access. After releasing several critically acclaimed games, Turmoil is Gamious' most ambitious project to date. Features -A campaign where you build your rags-to-riches oil baron career and beat your rivals. -Dozens of upgrades and new tools to improve your oil mining operations. -Meet the town’s characters in the saloon and make shady business deals. -Play single game mode to get one of literally millions of procedurally generated levels and earn as much as you can in one year. -Steam Achievements, Badges, Trading Cards and Cloud Saving. -Lease land at the town auction and search for oil using a dowser, mole or scanner. -Maximize your profits by using natural gas to boost the oil price. -Outbid your competitors at the stock auction.

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Turmoil?

We estimate that about 560,000 people have played Turmoil — plausibly between 65K and 1.2M. Around 2,500 of them play on a given day, in a range of 950 and 6.4K. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store, Steam, YouTube and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Turmoil still active?

Yes. Turmoil is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.

How are the Turmoil player estimates worked out?

Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 2 readings taken since August 8, 2026.

How big is the Turmoil YouTube community?

Turmoil has 1,620 subscribers on YouTube, as of August 9, 2026.

How big is the Turmoil Twitch community?

Turmoil has 24 viewers on Twitch, as of August 8, 2026.

When was Turmoil released?

Turmoil was released on February 22, 2017 for Android and iOS.

What platforms is Turmoil available on?

Turmoil is available on Android and iOS. You can get it from Google Play, App Store (iPhone) and App Store.

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